Global leaders in artificial intelligence and humanitarian action set to convene 15-17 May for second annual ‘AI for Good Global Summit’

ITU facilitates global engagement to ensure that AI benefits humanity

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now widely identified as being able to address the greatest challenges facing humanity – supporting innovation in fields ranging from crisis management and healthcare to smart cities and communications networking.

The second annual 'AI for Good Global Summit' will take place 15-17 May in Geneva, and seeks to leverage AI to accelerate progress towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and ultimately benefit humanity.

The
AI for Good series is the leading United Nations platform to harness the benefits of AI, , and is hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technology (ICT). This year's event is being held in partnership with the XPRIZE Foundation, the
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and more than 30 UN agencies.

WHAT: Global event to advance 'AI for Good' with the participation of internationally recognized AI experts. The
programme will include interactive high-level panels, while 'AI Breakthrough Teams' will propose AI strategies able to create impact in the near term, guided by an expert audience of mentors representing government, industry, academia and civil society – through interactive sessions. The summit will connect AI innovators with public and private-sector decision-makers, building collaboration to take promising strategies forward.

A special demo & exhibit track will feature innovative applications of AI designed to: protect women from sexual violence, avoid infant crib deaths, end child abuse, predict oral cancer, and improve mental health treatments for depression – as well as interactive robots including: Alice, a Dutch invention designed to support the aged; iCub, an open-source robot; and Sophia, the humanoid AI robot.

WHEN: 15-17 May 2018, beginning daily at 9 AM

WHERE: ITU Headquarters, 2 Rue de Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland (Please note: entrance to ITU is now limited for all visitors to the Montbrillant building entrance only on rue Varembé).